[Paradigm shift in the so-called "certification of medical fitness" for the recruitment of new civil servants].

In actual jurisdiction the Federal Administrative Court has substantially reduced the standard of "health ability" for civil servants who shall be newly employed. That means for the regulated official pre-employment medical examination that in critical cases a recommendation for non-employment will be more rarely considered in the lack of valid, i. e., selective scientific principles. Thereby the formerly pursued selection effect based on civil service law mainly will not apply in the future. Even though the widely opened approach to the civil servant status might be a favour for interested handicapped persons, the following impacts on official-organisational as well as fiscal aspects (governmental aid, pension- burden) can be difficultly foreseen. Hence, in the future the official pre-employment medical -examination will develop an increasing focus on advices about restrictions of assignment possibly having to be considered for admitted candidates.